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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 1d

Swedish people in front of charts
Source: digitaltmuseum.org

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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fjord heaven’s sake! onlyfjords.com

It’s only fjords!

By the makers of the Vivaldi browser. Only fjords, no nonsense. Log in to unblur and reclaim a better web.

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The Markup @themarkup.org · Jun 19

Journo friends: ‪@theguardian.com‬ has published the open source code behind their secure messaging feature for mobile apps.

The Guardian launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge

Secure Messaging is a new innovation for confidential story-sharing and source protection, underpinning the Guardian’s commitment to investigative journalism. The Guardian has published the open…

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Pentagon Pizza Report never fails

Pizza establishments near the Pentagon experienced a huge surge in activity last night

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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · Jun 11

Most reporting on AI examines worst-case systems deployed under the guise of efficiency. But what would a good faith effort at Ethical AI look like? For two years, we’ve been looking over the shoulder of a city trying to do things differently.

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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · Jun 6

Crazy times. Trump and Musk are bickering on their own platforms. And it is actually fun to watch Norway play football. www.nrk.no/sport/norge-...

Norge-juvelen herjer med Italia: – Det villeste jeg har sett

Stjerneskuddet Antonio Nusa herjet med italienske stjerner – og sendte Norge et stort steg mot VM.

www.nrk.no

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Jun 6

After yesterday's unhinged Trump-Musk feud on Twitter and Truth Social, it's easy to believe every new update you see.

But there are fake posts doing the rounds, so be careful.

Check the feeds yourself before sharing:

Trump: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Musk: x.com/elonmusk

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Jun 5

solidarity to anyone else who published something this afternoon that will get swallowed by elon news

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Molly White @molly.wiki · May 31

OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".

A list of "Lifestyle" GPTs from OpenAI's GPT page, showing #6: "Looksmaxxing GPT. Assists in analyzing facial features and providing PSL ratings for looksmaxxing. Very detailed GPT!"

🔍 Classification (Incel SMV Hierarchy)
Current tier: Subhuman – PSL 2.5–3.0

🔥 So… Which Should YOU Focus On?
You = PSL 2.75, major dental and structural deficits → Hardmaxxing is NECESSARY.

Softmaxxing alone will NEVER mog you into viability — it’s like putting a fresh coat of paint on a crumbling building.

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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · May 24

Fomo hits hard.

Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · May 24

👋 We're happy to see you all again for Day 2 of #Dataharvest #EIJC25 - here is a sample of Dataharvest 2025, Day 1:

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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · May 22

Great case studies here: How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting (by @andrewdeck.bsky.social)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...

How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting

For a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed.

www.niemanlab.org

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · May 22

This National Post article is based entirely on a StatsCan report that cites "systemic discrimination and racism" as a "key contributing factor" in the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in court...

publications.gc.ca/collections/...

... and it somehow goes with this as the headline:

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Signal @signal.org · May 21

We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.

Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.

signal.org/blog/signal-...

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is a...

signal.org

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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · May 8

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most

A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

www.bloomberg.com

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NBC Sports @nbc-sports.bsky.social · May 17

"A REMARKABLE RECOVERY BY JOURNALISM!"

JOURNALISM WINS THE 150TH PREAKNESS STAKES! #Preakness150

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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · May 17

Gratulerer med dagen, #Norway! 🇳🇴 Cheers to freedom, unity, and all the traditions that make your national day so special!

Norway holds a special place in my heart.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 15

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · May 13

In a groundbreaking investigation, we used facial recognition software to identify Ukrainian children given false Russian identities and listed for adoption.

@alisonkilling.bsky.social @christopherjm.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @samlearner.bsky.social
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FT investigation finds Ukrainian children on Russian adoption sites

[FREE TO READ] Four missing Ukrainian children identified and located in Russia, including one given false identity

on.ft.com

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · May 12

Delighted to see this project shortlisted for the Sigma awards alongside a host of other incredible data journalism projects from around the world.

Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · May 9

So happy that our project «Inequality for the law» is on the shortlist. 🏆 Lucky to have been collaborating with the talented people at @lighthousereports.com. @elenadebre.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @jusbraun.bsky.social

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · May 9

💫 NEW! GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.

👏 50 data journalism projects from 24 countries made it to the final round of the competition. https://twp.ai/9PSjQG

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Cees Bassa @cbassa.bsky.social · May 9

Two days too late and perhaps only funny for those speaking Dutch. (H/T Gemma Janssen.)

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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · May 9

How we investigated sentencing bias in Norway’s criminal justice system: www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...

How we investigated sentencing bias in Norway’s criminal justice system

Norway’s criminal justice system is regularly hailed as a model — but is it truly impartial?

www.lighthousereports.com

Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · May 9

«Frank was sent to prison - a richer man was not» www.nrk.no/norge/xl/de-...

Frank måtte i fengsel – en rikere mann slapp

NRK avslører et ukjent klasseskille i norske domstoler.

www.nrk.no

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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · May 9

So happy that our project «Inequality for the law» is on the shortlist. 🏆 Lucky to have been collaborating with the talented people at @lighthousereports.com. @elenadebre.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @jusbraun.bsky.social

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · May 9

💫 NEW! GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.

👏 50 data journalism projects from 24 countries made it to the final round of the competition. https://twp.ai/9PSjQG

gijn.org

Announcing the Sigma Awards 2025 Shortlist

twp.ai

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j soma @dangerscarf.bsky.social · May 7

I am running a contest. It is about bad pdfs.

It can make you independently wealthy (for immeasurably small measures of independent wealth)

badpdfs.com

Bad PDF Contest

I'm looking for the most frustrating, painful, real-world PDFs.

badpdfs.com

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TjekDet @tjekdet.dk · May 7

Siden 2018 er han gået langt for at skjule sin identitet. Men nu kan TjekDet i samarbejde med @politiken.dk, @bellingcat.com og CBC afsløre navnet på manden bag MrDeepFake www.tjekdet.dk/indsigt/afsl...

Afsløring: Her er manden bag verdens største hjemmeside for deepfake-porno

Han har i flere år haft sin daglige gang på et hospital tæt ved den canadiske storby, Toronto. Som farmaceut hjælper han hospitalets patienter med behandling og sikrer, at den ordinerede medicin indta...

www.tjekdet.dk

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